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Guardia Civil

Guardia Civil

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Civil Guard (Spain).

Characteristics

  • Members of the Guardia typically patrol in pairs.
  • Members of the Guardia Civil often live in barracks (casa-cuartel) with their families.
  • The Guardia Civil must accommodate the families of its "guardias", and became the first police force in Europe that accommodated a same-sex partner in a military installation.
  • The symbol of the Guardia Civil consists of the Royal Crown of Spain, a sword and a fasces. The different units have variations of this symbol.
  • The sidearm of the Guardia Civil from the 1970s to the early 1990s was the Star Model BM pistol chambered in 9mm until its replacement by the Beretta 92; the Beretta was later replaced by the H&K USP.
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